Archive for October, 2010
It’s not often I see a pharma ad this… angry. Then again, at least it’s not your standard, crappy drug advertising made from stock footage of people walking on a beach or spooning in a hammock. You’ve got to give them something for going beyond the cliché. I guess.
Filed under: Out there | Closed
Tags: TV, weird
Still trying to decide what to go as for Halloween? Here’s an idea. KFC is offering Colonel Sanders “Doubles” a chance to win the ultimate treat – free KFC for Life. All you have to do is upload a photo of yourself in a white suit, black string tie and goatee to www.kfc.com/DoubliciousDouble or send them via […]
Filed under: Good Stuff | 1 Comment
Tags: good, promotion
Friday FAIL: The Texas Rangers
No, this is not an advertising-related FAIL. But a FAIL nonetheless. GO GIANTS!
Filed under: Good Stuff | Closed
Tags: fail, good
Go beyond oil.
I’m really liking the animation of this “Go Beyond Oil” video from Greenpeace. It’s also appropriately informational without dumbing down the content to be meaningless. Let’s hope this gets some traction and people learn a little something from it.
Filed under: Good Stuff, green | Closed
Tags: good, green, video
Jerry Brown schools Meg Whitman.
I was cracking up the other day when I saw these two ads for Jerry Brown (running for CA Governor). They’re just devastatingly effective and manage to be negative without smearing Brown with a negative ad brush. Absolutely classic.
Filed under: Good Stuff | Closed
Tags: advertising, good, political, TV
Don’t stop believing.
Here we go. The World friggin Series. Let’s go Giants – clap clap clapclapclap. Via.
Filed under: Good Stuff | Closed
Tags: good, video
How many times do I have to ask?
No babies doing nutty, wacky things in commercials. It’s one simple rule and not that hard to follow. What’s hard? Watching horrible, gag-inducing crap like this. Here’s some advice: if you’re ever in a brainstorm session with your partner and they start with, “Here’s an idea – we take a baby and…” please punch then […]
Filed under: Are you kidding me? | 1 Comment
Tags: ridiculous, TV
What happens if Prop 19 passes?
With Prop 19 – the legalization of pot in California – up on the ballot in a week, there is the very real possibility that companies will soon be diving into the branding of the drug. (Currently, most polls show Prop 19 losing by a small but negatively-trending margin.) So it seems like a good […]
Filed under: Good Stuff, green | 1 Comment
Tags: design, good, packaging
Fast food false advertising.
Not like we didn’t know this already but when you put them all side-by-side, it’s pretty shocking. Via.
Filed under: Are you kidding me? | 4 Comments
Tags: advertising, fake, photography
Remember when a small was small?
And people wonder why Americans are so fat? Check out this vintage ad from the 50s that advertises “2 full glasses in each 12oz. KING-SIZE CAN!” and compare it to Long John Silver’s POS where a “small” is 20oz. and a “large” is 64oz. (Which, in 50′s terms is apparently more than 10 full glasses.) […]
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Tags: advertising, Commentary, vintage